Strong's Lexicon: H4872 מוֹשֶׁה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4872
Word:	מוֹשֶׁה
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from H4871
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	766
Transliteration:	Mosheh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mo-sheh'
Meaning:	1. drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued 2. Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV Renderings:	Moses.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4859

משֶׂה₇₆₇ proper name, masculine Moses, the great Hebrew leader, prophet and lawgiver (probably = Egyptian mes, mesu, child , son, Eb^{GS 539}, compare Di^{Exod 2:10,
where} see also older (abandoned) etymology); — ׳ מ Exod 2:10 + משֶׁ֑ה Exod 2:15 +; name occurs 706 t. in Hexateuch (Exodus 290 t, Leviticus 86 t., Numbers 233 t., Deuteronomy 38 t., Joshua 59 t.), Judges 4 t. + Judg 18:30 where read משֶׁה for מְנַשֶּׁה (compare GFM); 1Sam 12:6; 1Sam 12:8, Kings 10 t., Mic 6:4; Jer 15:1; Isa 63:11; Isa 63:12; Mal 3:22; Ps 77:21 + 7 t.; Chronicles 3 t., Dan 9:11; Dan 9:13 — Moses was son of Amram and Jochebed Exod 6:20; Num 26:59 (both P ), 1Chr 5:29 ; 1Chr 23:13 of tribe of Levi Exod 2:1 ( E ; compare also foregoing); (younger) brother of Aaron Exod 4:14 ( J ), Exod 7:1; Exod 7:2; Exod 7:7 ( P ), etc., and brother of Miriam Num 26:59 ( P ), 1Chr 5:29 (compare Exod 15:20 E ); called prophet Deut 18:15; Deut 18:18; Deut 34:10 agent by whom ׳ י gave law Exod 20:19; Exod 20:20; Exod 20:21; Exod 20:22 ( E ) +; especially P (כַּאֲשֶׁר ׳ אֶתמֿ ׳ צִוָּת י, etc.), Exod 39:1; Exod 39:5; Exod 39:7; Exod 39:21; Exod 39:26; Exod 39:29; Exod 39:31; Exod 40:19; Exod 40:21; Exod 40:25; Exod 40:27; Exod 40:29; Exod 40:32; Lev 7:38; Lev 8:9; Lev 8:13; Lev 8:17; Lev 8:27; Lev 8:29 + often; lawgiver Deut 33:4; Josh 1:7; Josh 1:13 ( D ) +; priest, וְאַהֲרֹן בְּכִהֲנָיו ׳ מ Ps 99:6. Phrases are — (עַבְדּוֺ, עַבְדִּי, etc.) ׳ עֶבֶר י ׳ מ Exod 14:31 ( J ), Num 12:7 ( E ), Deut 34:5 ( J E ), Josh 1:1 ( D ) + 15 t. Joshua. ( D ); 1Kgs 8:53 ; 1Kgs 8:56 ; 2Kgs 18:12; 2Kgs 21:8; Mal 3:22; 2Chr 1:3; 2Chr 24:6; Neh 1:8; Neh 9:14; Ps 105:26 עֶבֶד אלהים ׳ מ 1Chr 6:34; 1Chr 24:9; Neh 10:30; Dan 9:11 אִישׁ הָאֱלּהִים ׳ מ Ezra 3:2; Ps 90:1 ׳ תּוֺרַת מ Josh 8:32 ( D ), 1Kgs 2:3; 2Kgs 23:25; Mal 3:22; 2Chr 23:18; 2Chr 30:16; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 7:6; Dan 9:11; Dan 9:13 ׳ סֵפֶר מ 2Chr 25:4; 2Chr 35:12; Neh 13:1 ׳ סֵפֶר תּוֺרַת מ Josh 8:13 ( D ), Josh 23:6 ( D ), 2Kgs 14:6 ; Neh 8:1.

[מַשֶּׁה] see נשׁה

מְשׁוֺאָה, מְשֹׁאָה see II. שׁוא .

מַשּׁוּאוֺת see II. נשׁא . מְשׁוֺבָב see שׁוב

מְשׁוּבָה see שׁוב . [מְשּׁוּגָה] see שׁוג

מָשׁוֺט, [מִשּׁוֺט] see שׁוט

BDB9681

[מֹשֶׁה] proper name, masculine Moses (Biblical Hebrew id.); — ׳ סְפַר מ Ezra 6:18.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke